In a message dated 1/15/00 10:20:00 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< A military takeover usually results in
years of other coups and counter coups. And the future of The Gambia will be
no different from all the other ill fated African countries that have been
destroyed by years of military involvement in government. >>
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Yus,
l agree. Once this sort of agenda is set, the notion is always " if he can do
it, then so can l" and things are never the same again for a long time if
ever. Like Prince Coker said regarding this supposed coup foil, "we just have
to digest this one for a while".
The harrassment of people at the Denton bridge was quite a while ago, and
arose out of the sudden decision to extract D25 from the people to pay for a
national identity card. The allegations were made, but like everything else,
not a single response or explanation came from the government. Suddenly, this
dead soldier is being blamed for instigating that harrassment.
Forgive my apprehension, but that is just a bit too convenient.After all,
dead soldiers cannot talk, can they?
How do we know that this is not just another attempt to clean up the
government's image by blaming someone else for that unwarranted behaviour?
One thing is for sure, this will definitely take the heat off the oil
scandal for now.
Surely the government could have dispatched officers to the scene at Denton
Bridge to arrest whatever soldier was ordering the people to do this, and
conduct the investigation then, instead of waiting until the same soldier who
supposedly instigated it, supposedly attempted to overthrow the
govermennt.Let us pray that this is not the begining in a series of attempts
to do what the Wollof call "using the carcass of one wolf to bury another".
But as the same Wollof saying also continues, the last carcass will surely be
exposed because there will be nothing there to cover it
Jabou Joh,
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